Normally, you want the river when the water is low and not when it's flooded. For example, there are parts of the… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Sea water is clear and you can put the camera in sea water and you can see stuff, whereas freshwater is often… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I made a series set in India that was more of a conventional fishing show. The fish were very uncooperative, so we… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Being out on the water, you're very exposed. In the Amazon, one cause of death that's not uncommon is getting caught out… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
There's less mystery in the sea than there is in fresh water. If you look at television there's lots of documentaries on… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
My background is getting into the kinds of places where outsiders don't normally go, with enough energy left to put a line… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The first time you catch a fish, it's amazing. You make contact with this whole other world that exists, hidden, under the… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The other thing is, visibility is often not very good in fresh water. So if a fish bites something, a part of… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
A river without monsters is a scarier prospect because it means the water is unhealthy. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The thing about the oceans is there is the benefit of water clarity. You can see what's going on there, but a… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Even without the creatures living in it, water is dangerous. We have an ambivalent relationship with water. It's the source of life,… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Normally, you want the river when the water is low and not when it's flooded. For example, there are parts of the Amazon where… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The way that we live with potentially dangerous animals is not to kill them, but to understand them and to coexist with them. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I grew up in a little village in England that had a river running through it so I've been fishing from a very early… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I actually found contracting malaria in the Congo fascinating. Observing your body under attack from this microorganism and seeing how it responds is simultaneously… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Sea water is clear and you can put the camera in sea water and you can see stuff, whereas freshwater is often zero visibility. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Florida's nice and warm, there's all sorts of stuff living there that shouldn't be there! — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I have caught some big eels in New Zealand, where the climate is very similar to Scotland. But they grow to around five feet… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The most fascinating and satisfying encounter so far was the goliath tigerfish of the Congo. I first caught one in 1991, and then again… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
We all need a bit of mystery in our lives, and rivers offer plenty of that. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Normally if you are in a boat, you can follow a fish around, but if you are on the shore, you have to pull… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The worst thing that happened when filming 'River Monsters' was the time when our sound recordist was hit by lightning. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
